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Formula 51

You’ve got one chance to save your life. Do you take it? Or do you hope for something better to come along? That’s the choice Dakota (Emily Mortimer), a killer for hire, faces. Elmo McElroy (Samuel L. Jackson), still in his kilt, has her by the wrist, dangling off the side of a building. He offers her $1 million to call of the hit or he’ll drop her. She counters. Ah well, life is short.

Once a deal is reached, she lands on a ladder while a crooked cop gets the drop on Elmo. Always interested in what’s up a Scotsman’s kilt, the cop asks as the fabric rises. Little does he know that it may be his last wish.


Director:  Ronny Yu
Writer:  Stel Pavlou
Cast:
Samuel L. Jackson -  Elmo McElroy
Robert Carlyle -  Felix DeSouza
Emily Mortimer -  Dakota Phillips
Rhys Ifans -  Iki
Meatloaf -  The Lizard
Ricky Tomlinson -  Leopold Durant
Sean Pertwee -  Detective Virgil Kane
Jake Abraham -  Konokko
Michael Starke -  Arthur
Mac McDonald -  Mr. Davidson
Aaron Swartz -  Mr. Yuri
Nigel Whitmey -  L.A. Highway Patrol
David Webber -  Mr. Jones
Christopher Hunter -  Lawrence
Robert Jezek -  Priest
Michael J. Reynolds -  Mr. Escobar









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Tart

Life always looks as if it has more possibilities with the kids who get into trouble, have all of the cash and can follow their libidos wherever it takes them. Cat Storm (Dominique Swain) wants a taste and finds that the consequences can be more than she can afford. She is so blinded by her new BFFs and their rudeness, cruelty, brazen behaviour and foolishness, that she can’t see that, when someone goes too far, they will turn on an outsider and it’s her turn.


Director:  Christina Wayne
Writer:  Christina Wayne
Cast:
Dominique Swain -  Cat Storm
Brad Renfro -  William Sellers
Bijou Phillips -  Delilah Milford
Mischa Barton -  Grace Bailey
Alberta Watson -  Lily Storm
Myles Jeffrey -  Pete Storm
Scott Thompson -  Kenny
Michael Murphy -  Mike Storm
Nora Zehetner -  Peg
Jacob Pitts -  Toby Ligan
Chelse Swain -  Heather Von Strum
Lacey Chabert -  Eloise Logan
Melanie Griffith -  Diane Milford
Shawn Lawrence -  Fred The Doorman
Peter Snider -  Richard Logan
Sherry Miller -  Jane Logan









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Birthday Girl

I know a fellow who got himself a mail-order bride. He wasn’t having any success with local ladies and really wanted to have someone with whom he could share his life. One day, he asked me to take some photos of him and was purposefully vague as to the reason. Some time later, he brought her around to introduce me to her and to explain what was going on. I imagine John (Ben Chaplin) knows what my chum’s life was like. Instead of the Philippines, he contacts a marriage broker for women from Russia. His new fiancée Nadia (Nicole Kidman) is a quiet and attractive woman but she doesn’t speak any English. She is affectionate and affable, John is smitten. The sudden arrival of Nadia’s two gregarious cousins, Alexei (Vincent Cassel) and Yuri (Mathieu Kassovitz) put a real crimp in his life and spins his life out of control.


Director:  Jez Butterworth; Piers Thompson
Writer:  Tom Butterworth; Jez Butterworth
Cast:
Nicole Kidman -  Nadia
Ben Chaplin -  John
Vincent Cassel -  Alexei
Mathieu Kassovitz -  Yuri
Kate Evans -  Claire
Jo McInnes -  Waitress
Ben Miller -  Concierge
Sue Maund -  Woman With Lost Hat
Reece Shearsmith -  Porter
Alan Stocks -  Passport official
Steve Pemberton -  Duty Sergeant
Jack Pierce -  Bank Collegue
Sally Phillips -  Karen
J.J. Toba -  Policeman 2
Katya Barton-Chapple -  Young Sophia
Rebecca Clarke -  Bank Collegue









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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Practically everyone has another that they imbue with the traits they admire and hope to emulate. Not all of them live up to the standards and some pass before their admirer expects. How do you cope with such a change? Most go on with a pall hanging over them.

Frodo (Elijah Wood) and the others are forced to travel through the Mines of Moria. They are attacked by Orcs and a Troll, and run into a Balrog, an ancient demon of shadow and fire, while attempting to cross the Bridge of Khazad-dûm. Gandalf (Ian McKellen) faces off against the Balrog on the bridge, letting the others escape, while he falls with the creature into the abyss below. What is Frodo to do?


Director:  Peter Jackson
Writer:  J.R.R. Tolkien; Frances Walsh; Philippa Boyens; Peter Jackson
Cast:
Elijah Wood -  Frodo Baggins
Sean Astin -  Sam Gamgee
Sean Bean -  Boromir
Cate Blanchett -  Galadriel
Orlando Bloom -  Legolas Greenleaf
Ian Holm -  Bilbo Baggins
Ian McKellen -  Gandalf
Christopher Lee -  Saruman
Viggo Mortensen -  Aragorn
Andy Serkis -  Gollum
Billy Boyd -  Pippin
Dominic Monaghan -  Merry
John Rhys-Davies -  Gimli
Liv Tyler -  Arwen
Marton Csokas -  Celeborn
Ian Mune -  Bounder









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Ocean's Eleven

Do you ever wonder if some of these actors are as smart as they appear in the movies and on TV? Or are they as dumb as a bag of rocks? I’d imagine it is somewhere in between. However, when Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) is picking up a few bucks by tutoring some actors in the rules of poker, you hope that Barry Watson, Shane West, Holly Marie Combs, Topher Grace and Joshua Jackson are smarter than how they come across.


Director:  Steven Soderbergh
Writer:  George Clayton Johnson; Jack Golden Russell; Harry Brown; Charles Lederer; Ted Griffin
Cast:
George Clooney -  Danny Ocean
Brad Pitt -  Rusty Ryan
Bernie Mac -  Frank Catton
Elliott Gould -  Reuben Tishkoff
Casey Affleck -  Virgil Malloy
Scott Caan -  Turk Malloy
Eddie Jemison -  Livingston Dell
Shaobo Qin -  Yen
Carl Reiner -  Saul Bloom
Matt Damon -  Linus Caldwell
Andy Garcia -  Terry Benedict
Julia Roberts -  Tess Ocean
Jerry Weintraub -  High Roller
James Curatola -  Baccarat Dealer
Henry Silva -  Himself
Eydie Gorme -  Herself